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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:19:24 GMT, "Tom Littleton"
wrote: I'm not too quick to accept as "facts" the fact that some guy in Singapore posts it to a blog. As noted by another, you have do present better data than that OG, just find and post the number and dates of such firings. As noted, it is traditional to do a bit of patronage hiring at the beginning of a term, but firing people midterm is less frequent, and the suggestion of a wholesale turnover in year 5 or 6 of an administration borders on the obscene. Tom FWIW, I think you'll find the Miers "clean house" nonsense was something she proposed as a part of the replacing at beginning of Bush's 2nd term. And also FWIW, Reno did ask all to resign, and many objective sources speculated it had, at least in part, to things like Dan Rostenkowski's troubles. TC, R |
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George Cleveland wrote:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:58:45 -0500, Old Guy wrote: George Cleveland wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:06:52 -0500, Old Guy wrote: Tom Littleton wrote: Howabout ole Harriet Miers big idea? Let's just fire all 93 US Attorneys and use the Patriot act to appoint our guys without Congressional oversight! I think Carl has a friend who would make a fine prosecutor(read: prosecute Democrats and other folks we don't like). please, assorted acolytes: explain to me again how Bill Clinton rose to impeachable status and this **** doesn't? At least, with a Congress from the opposition party, we will see some oversight(in overdrive, I would imagine). And, we will see people testifying in public, under oath. This one could prove very interesting........ Tom So all those US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. They can be hired or fired any time. One at a time or all at once. You ask about Clinton? He did the same thing within the first year and a half of his first term. Cite? g.c. Check histort, its public record!! Here, I Googled it for you: http://digg.com/politics/Bush_Admini...y_Resignations http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question...5153903AAUfboX http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002349.php http://www.newsmax.com/archives/arti...9/174006.shtml Were any of them fired because they refused to do political dirty work for Clinton. He replaced them at the beginning of his term, as was his right. The ones being fired now seem to have resisted White House pressure to use their offices for the political benefit of the GOP. One is patronage, like it or not. The other is using the power of the State to punish your political opponents. No one is questioning GW's right to fire them, they are questioning his motivation. g.c. Cite? |
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Tom Littleton wrote:
I'm not too quick to accept as "facts" the fact that some guy in Singapore posts it to a blog. As noted by another, you have do present better data than that OG, just find and post the number and dates of such firings. As noted, it is traditional to do a bit of patronage hiring at the beginning of a term, but firing people midterm is less frequent, and the suggestion of a wholesale turnover in year 5 or 6 of an administration borders on the obscene. Tom Is it obscene? Why? Why were they fired? Were they fired for non-performance? |
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![]() "Old Guy" wrote in message ... George Cleveland wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:58:45 -0500, Old Guy wrote: George Cleveland wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:06:52 -0500, Old Guy wrote: Tom Littleton wrote: Howabout ole Harriet Miers big idea? Let's just fire all 93 US Attorneys and use the Patriot act to appoint our guys without Congressional oversight! I think Carl has a friend who would make a fine prosecutor(read: prosecute Democrats and other folks we don't like). please, assorted acolytes: explain to me again how Bill Clinton rose to impeachable status and this **** doesn't? At least, with a Congress from the opposition party, we will see some oversight(in overdrive, I would imagine). And, we will see people testifying in public, under oath. This one could prove very interesting........ Tom So all those US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. They can be hired or fired any time. One at a time or all at once. You ask about Clinton? He did the same thing within the first year and a half of his first term. Cite? g.c. Check histort, its public record!! Here, I Googled it for you: http://digg.com/politics/Bush_Admini...y_Resignations http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question...5153903AAUfboX http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002349.php http://www.newsmax.com/archives/arti...9/174006.shtml Were any of them fired because they refused to do political dirty work for Clinton. He replaced them at the beginning of his term, as was his right. The ones being fired now seem to have resisted White House pressure to use their offices for the political benefit of the GOP. One is patronage, like it or not. The other is using the power of the State to punish your political opponents. No one is questioning GW's right to fire them, they are questioning his motivation. g.c. Cite? "2.to mention in support, proof, or confirmation; refer to as an example: He cited many instances of abuse of power." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cite I wouldn't fret too much about citations, as you aren't mentally capable of the actual research necessary to perform the task. HTH Op |
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:38:10 -0700, "asadi"
wrote: "Tom Littleton" wrote in message news:sQEJh.4709$0W5.3973@trndny05... Howabout ole Harriet Miers big idea? Let's just fire all 93 US Attorneys and use the Patriot act to appoint our guys without Congressional oversight! I think Carl has a friend who would make a fine prosecutor(read: prosecute Democrats and other folks we don't like). please, assorted acolytes: explain to me again how Bill Clinton rose to impeachable status and this **** doesn't? At least, with a Congress from the opposition party, we will see some oversight(in overdrive, I would imagine). And, we will see people testifying in public, under oath. This one could prove very interesting........ Tom just another chink in the wall... RACIST! BIGOT! HOMOPHOBE! And just how is this fault of the Chines...oh, wait...nevermind... TC, R john |
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Opus wrote:
Cite? "2.to mention in support, proof, or confirmation; refer to as an example: He cited many instances of abuse of power." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cite I wouldn't fret too much about citations, as you aren't mentally capable of the actual research necessary to perform the task. HTH Op And that's supposed to be what? Funny? Nope, you failed again. |
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![]() "Tom Littleton" wrote in message news:sQEJh.4709$0W5.3973@trndny05... Howabout ole Harriet Miers big idea? Let's just fire all 93 US Attorneys and use the Patriot act to appoint our guys without Congressional oversight! I think Carl has a friend who would make a fine prosecutor(read: prosecute Democrats and other folks we don't like). please, assorted acolytes: explain to me again how Bill Clinton rose to impeachable status and this **** doesn't? At least, with a Congress from the opposition party, we will see some oversight(in overdrive, I would imagine). And, we will see people testifying in public, under oath. This one could prove very interesting........ Tom just another chink in the wall... john |
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